American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee records

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee records 

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee records 

box 1 

The collection consists of a document prepared by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Paris between July 18 and Aug 2, 1939. The document is titled"Ms. St-Louis passengers and their distributio" containing a list of 907 passengers. The collection also consists of reports, memos, correspondence (letters and cables), news releases, minutes of meetings, summaries, and surveys related to assisting survivors; newly liberated displaced persons in camps in Germany (e.g. Landsberg, Bergen-Belsen, Heidelberg, Bremen, etc. ), and in Austria (e.g. Neustadt, Villach, Linz, etc.); moving children to Switzerland; helping refugees (e.g. from Poland) to emigrate, repatriation issues, education of surviving children; the general situation in Germany and Austria; growing trends of antisemitism; and personnel and staff issues of the AJDC. 

Chronologically arranged